Somewhere I heard that it revitalises the human body as much as it does plants. How do the nitrates make plants greener and could nitrates have a sort of euphoric effect on humans? It might just be because I love lightning, but I always feel happier during a lightning storm. I'm from the Highveld in South Africa where we get significant lightning storms that light the sky up like a disco, so I'm not talking about a few flashes of lightning, I'm talking about a flash of lightning every three seconds.
2006-07-01 17:31:29 · 3 answers · asked by Hrodulf 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Psychological effects are commonly attributed to ions in the air. See all the adverts for ionisers (or you may find it spelt ionizer).
Ozone (Three oxygen attoms bonded together), also produced by lightning, also has a bit of a mythical status.
However I have never known anything other than ill effects on humans to be attributed to Nitrate, nor nitrogen oxides in the air.
Nitrates in the soil encourage green leafy growth, but then so does water! In UK water tends to fall out of the sky in generous quantities during lightning storms.
Also, in the British climate, lightning storms tend to end an uncomfortable hot humid period so most people feel happy, as well as having the exciting novelty of a sound and light show.
I have no specific knowledge whether Nitric oxide, as involved in the effects of Viagra could get from the air to body tissues in any effective quantity, but I very much doubt it.
2006-07-01 21:09:00 · answer #1 · answered by x 3 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Part is psychological but little is physical.The low air pressure may excite you but depresses others. Most animals are restless during a storm and act nervously. Nitrates do little for people except perhaps cause problems when used as preservatives...many meats are processed with nitrates.
2006-07-01 17:45:34 · answer #2 · answered by Frank 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It will disable the function of ions on the brain.
2006-07-01 17:37:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋